Can we NOT make this movie a referendum on the state of gay acceptance within our nation, and read a win to mean that America is officially gay, or read a loss to mean that America officially condemns homosexuality... yet again?

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but Jon Stewart is the perfect person to host this year's Oscars, given all of the political overtones of the Awards this year.

I'm publishing these OSCAR picks this year against my better judegement. It's a tradition for me to fill out my OSCAR ballot prior to the Awards, and so I'll do it again this year. It feels sacriligious, though, to admit that I'm actually *bored* by the OSCARS this year.